Rockets

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Rockets
MS Office 2005
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Juan Rodriguez

• Principles Of Technology
• January 2006

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Table Of Contents
MS Office 2005
Introduction
Practical Rocketry
History
Modern Uses
Timeline
NASA Launches
Graph
Principles
Negative Aspects
How Does Rockets Work
Pie Graph
Nature Of Science
Positive Aspects
Conclusion
Scientific Method
Index
Glossary
Problem Solving
Resources
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Introduction
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• A rockets any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket
  engine.
• The first solid-fueled rockets were invented by
  the Chinese around the year 100. These early
  rockets worked by burning gun power in a
  combustion chamber, and then directing the hot
  gas released out of a nozzle. In this way, the
  gas pushed the rocket through the air, like what
  happens when you blow-up a balloon and let it go.
  Fifteen-hundred years later, Isaac Newton would
  explain this with his Third Law of Motion "For
  every action there is an equal and opposite
  reaction."

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History
http//frccusa.org/Space_Library.html

• The earliest solid rocket fuel was a form of
  gunpowder, and the earliest recorded mention of
  gunpowder comes from China late in the third
  century before Christ. Bamboo tubes filled with
  saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal were tossed into
  ceremonial fires during religious festivals in
  hopes the noise of the explosion would frighten
  evil spirits. It's probable that more than a few
  of these bamboo tubes were imperfectly sealed
  and, instead of bursting with an explosion,
  simply went skittering out of the fire, propelled
  by the rapidly burning gunpowder. Some clever
  observer whose name is lost to history may have
  then begun experiments to deliberately produce
  the same effect as the bamboo tubes which leaked
  fire.

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Gunpowder
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Timeline
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Principles

• In 1814, during the War of 1812 between the
  United States and Great Britain, the British
  invaded the United States and attacked Fort
  McHenry, near the city of Baltimore. The poet
  Francis Scott Key watched the battle and wrote
  The Star-Spangled Banner The rockets' red
  glareGave proof through the night that our flag
  was still there. Those British missiles
  resembled skyrockets that today are fired to
  celebrate the Fourth of July.
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• Those missiles used gunpowder for the propellant,
  with this powder being packed into tubes. When
  ignited, the gunpowder did not explode like a
  bomb. Instead it burned rapidly but in a
  controlled manner, producing a strong flow of hot
  gas. This flow gave the rocket its thrust. To
  increase the thrust, the tube had a nozzle or
  constriction at its end. This partially blocked
  the flow of gas and brought an increase in the
  pressure of the gas within the tube. In turn,
  this greater pressure gave more thrust.

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How Does Rockets Work
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Scientific Method
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Nature Of Science
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Problem Solving
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Practical Rocketry
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Modern Uses
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NASA Launches
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Graph
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Negative Aspects
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Pie Graph
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Positive Aspects
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Conclusion
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Index
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Glossary
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Resources